First Aid is Important!08 Nov
(This is a series of blog entries on Safety)
Lets talk about First Aid!
Have you heard about Second Aid? If you have, you must be lying! Hahaha
Anyways, First Aid is called First Aid because it’s supposed to be First Aid!
Catch my drift? You will get what I mean by the end of this article. :]
First Aid is probably the most important aspect of Event Safety. You can don’t have Fire, Food, Security or Health safety protocols in place but First Aid is a must!
Let me paint you a picture.
If there’s a fire and people are injured. Who will response first? First Aiders!
If there’s a case of food poisoning where everybody is instantly vomiting after consuming their food. Who will response first? First Aiders!
If there’s a security breach and people starts to hit each other. Who will response to the injured first? First Aiders!
If there’s people starting to sneeze or having rashes all over their body due the bad air in the room. Who will response first? First Aiders!
(although some of the scenarios are highly unlikely, but it could happen!)
You can never go wrong having First Aiders onsite. You don’t need to have an army of them. Just one at an intimate event will do just fine. Of course this is event specific, you would definitely need more for sporting event etc.
Its good to have a First Aider on standby, but it is as equally important to have a fully stocked up first aid kit too! Unless your First Aider is McGyver, having a fully stocked up first aid kit helps! And again this is event specific. Do a preliminary assessment of your event and anticipant what are the most likely injuries that can happen. This will determine what extra first aid items you need to bring along on top of the basic kit.
For higher risk event, do also indent ambulance service on standby. Not only will your guest have a piece of mind but in an event that something does happen, evacuation of the casualty can be done quickly. Because, every minute counts!
At Mudd&Nadd it is part of our company culture to have most of our staff be first aid trained. Not only will this save us money from specifically hire a first aider to be on standby, it would also increase the number of first aider at the event! Isn’t that a good solution?
But we do also realize, its one thing to be a first aider but its another thing whether one is ready to react when called upon.
To that, we do have a solution!
Keep a look out for our entry tomorrow!
Be safe!
-Mudd-
